Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1664 Guard
"How much longer can they live?" Fang Zilan interrupted Awan in a deep voice, "Six months? Or three months..."

"At most a month." Awan's voice trembled slightly, and Fang Zilan's eyes reddened. "Isn't there any other way?"

Awan bit her lip and shook her head. Seeing this, Fang Zilan took a deep breath and strode towards the edge of the village.

"Fang Zilan, what are you doing?" Awan quickly caught up with her and grabbed her sleeve. "If they find out the truth, they might go all out. What will you get then?"

"Are you just going to tell me to do nothing and watch them die?" Fang Zilan deliberately lowered her voice, but could not hide the anger in her words.

"If they can die in peace, what does it matter if they're kept in the dark forever?" A-Wan tightened her grip, resolutely saying, "They were born for the Ghost Gate, and they will die for the Ghost Gate; they have no choice in their lives. If..."

"A-Wan!" Fang Zilan grabbed A-Wan's wrist, interrupting her before she could finish speaking. "How innocent are the villagers of Taoyuan Village? Just because the Ghost Gate is ruthless, are they going to be dragged down with them to die?"

"But..." Awan was on the verge of tears, "I really can't save them!"

At that moment, Fang Zilan suddenly understood that Awan's seemingly self-deceiving words were actually just her finding a way to justify herself.

Awan knew perfectly well that the villagers of Taoyuan Village were innocent, but she couldn't save them, so she could only close her eyes and ears, blaming everything on the Ghost Gate instead of her own powerlessness.

“Awan, if you can’t save her, then don’t.” Fang Zilan held Awan’s shoulders with both hands and said seriously, “You are a doctor, not a god. There are many incurable diseases in the world. Just do your best and leave the rest to fate. There’s no need to take it all on yourself.”

Awan sniffed, "I know, but once the truth is told..."

She didn't continue, but Fang Zilan understood. "Since it has already happened, they have the right to know the truth. As for what will happen in the future, none of us can say for sure."

“I’m afraid they might fight to the death in their anger. Your health hasn’t been good, how can you endure this?” A-Wan couldn’t help but shed tears. Fang Zilan wiped away her tears while gently comforting her, “We’ll deal with whatever comes our way. Don’t worry, I can still manage.”

Awan wanted to say something more, but saw Fang Zilan composed herself and say, word by word, "I will never fall before I see Lord Su Heng."

Awan pursed her lips, mustered her courage, and said, "I'll go with you to explain the situation to them."

"No need, I can go by myself." Fang Zilan raised her hand and ruffled Awan's hair. "If what you said is true, and they get angry and start fighting, I can handle it."

"Duke Jin?" Fang Zilan raised an eyebrow, but the person kneeling on the ground shook his head vigorously. "No, it's Lord Pei Poming..."

His voice was very soft, but Fang Zilan still heard it clearly. She shook off the person in her hand and said coldly, "Lead the way."

"Lord Fang, we know we were wrong!" The group knelt down and kowtowed, but Fang Zilan remained unmoved. "You refuse to lead the way, are you waiting for me to go and confront the Duke of Jin?"

Before the group could react, Fang Zilan called out to Zheng Yan, "Go to the Jingzhao Yin's residence and invite Lord Xu to go to the Duke of Jin's residence together."

"Yes." Zheng Yan accepted the order and left, while the surrounding crowd buzzed with discussion—

"It's Lord Pei Poming again? I heard he just took a concubine last month, how come he's going to try and steal someone from the Duke of Yue's mansion?"

"Shh, keep your voice down. Lord Pei's newly acquired concubine was stolen. I heard the girl was already engaged, but the groom's family was beaten half to death, forcing them to break off the engagement..." "Good heavens, such a thing still happens in the capital?"

"That man is the younger brother of the Duke of Jin. What despicable things hasn't he done? Luckily, Lady Pei was standing behind him, otherwise he would have died many times over..."

Fang Zilan felt uneasy listening to this, but soon she realized something was wrong. Before she knew it, the focus of everyone's discussion had shifted to Pei Poming having offended her this time, and she was sure she would uphold justice.

Upholding justice? She didn't actually have that thought; she just wanted Cong Rong back. After all, although she had a long-standing feud with the Pei family, she had no intention of completely severing ties.

The Pei family has the Duke of Jin, the Empress Dowager, and is implicated by Prince Yucheng, Li Qiyou, as well as the current Duchess of Jin, Fang Zitong. She does not want to be their enemy.

Or rather, she didn't want to become their enemy just for Cong Rong's sake.

Thinking of this, Fang Zilan gave a bitter smile. Back in Fenghe Valley, when Li Shengxuan remained silent about the deaths of those around him, she felt indignant and unwilling to treat human life so lightly to cover up the truth. But now she had become like this herself.

Xu Youtong, the Prefect of Jingzhao, arrived very quickly. When Fang Zilan arrived at the Pei residence with him, a group of onlookers followed behind them. This scene infuriated Pei Jinqing, who simply claimed to be ill and refused to leave, leaving Pei Poming to clean up the mess himself.

Pei Poming reluctantly invited Fang Zilan and Xu You into the mansion. He then ordered his men to send away the crowd gathered at the gate, and then questioned his servant in a accusatory manner.

The servant took all the blame, claiming that in order to please Pei Poming, he committed the heinous act of forcibly taking a woman into his mansion without his knowledge.

Qiu Shui wanted to say something more, but Fang Zilan interrupted her, "Miss Qiu Shui, from what you're saying, you don't want me to agree?"

“I…” Qiu Shui opened her mouth, then suddenly smiled, “What Lord Fang said is exactly what Her Majesty the Empress predicted, without the slightest error.”

Fang Zilan was stunned, while Qiu Shui's smile widened as she said, "Her Majesty the Empress said that even if she hadn't offered her help this time, Lord Fang would have helped the Second Miss without hesitation."

Fang Zilan bit her lip and said awkwardly, "Yes, all my money has been invested in the Fang family, so I can't refuse to help."

"Her Majesty also said that Lord Fang will definitely say he had no choice but to do it because of his wealth and status." Qiu Shui looked like she already knew this. Fang Zilan snorted, "What else did Her Majesty the Empress say?"

Qiu Shui suppressed her smile and said seriously, "Your Majesty also said that Lord Fang and the Second Miss are somewhat similar. Neither of them are frank people, but they are both very kind-hearted."

Fang Zilan said coldly, "I've lost count of how many lives I've taken. How could Your Majesty think I'm kind-hearted?"

“These are Her Majesty’s exact words.” Qiu Shui stared intently at the person in front of her. “There’s one more thing.”

Fang Zilan gestured for her to speak quickly, and she leaned closer, saying, "Her Majesty said that the Fang family will always be Lord Fang's support."

After she finished speaking, she quickly bowed and left, leaving Fang Zilan standing there, stunned for a long time, but the corners of her lips unconsciously curved up.

(End of this chapter)